mad things » Beasties http://loona.net/mad Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:23:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Going Batty http://loona.net/mad/2009/10/going-batty/ http://loona.net/mad/2009/10/going-batty/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:16 +0000 mad http://loona.net/mad/?p=67 bat

Did you know that without bats there would be no tequila? Or that bananas, dates, figs, cashews, avocados and many other night-blooming tropical plants depend on bats for pollination? Or that a single little brown bat can catch more than 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour?

I guess you can tell I’m a big fan of bats – even my dog Ren looked like a flying fox. This is my computer wallpaper:

batty wallpaper

More bats

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View a BBC One video of the biggest gathering of bats in the world.

Dawn Summers and I encountered some flying foxes while in Sydney Australia. Once again, she ran screaming like a little girl. I wanted to pet them. Aren’t they cute?

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